PiWrite

Use your Kindle Paperwhite as a writing device (by rberenguel)

PiWrite Alternatives

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PiWrite reviews and mentions

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  • IA Writer in Paper
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Dec 2023
    Shilling (or not, it’s open source, who cares). I made this: https://github.com/rberenguel/PiWrite

    It is not iA Writer in eink, but I got distant inspiration (I used it a lot back when it was released… a long time ago) and could be closer with effort.

  • Boox Palma review: A phone-shaped e-reader
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2023
    Not exactly what you want (I want the same) but I wrote this to scratch that itch: https://github.com/rberenguel/PiWrite
  • PiWrite – Kindle Paperwhite to Write
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Sep 2023
    Neat project. I'd really like to author plain AsciiDoc on an e-paper display without distractions.

    On one of your earlier commits (https://github.com/rberenguel/PiWrite/commit/c23bfdccd43e1c5...), you mentioned using a Pico W. There may be an avenue for that. A few days ago I submitted my Raspberry Pi Pico W Host MQTT Numpad project to Hacker News, but unfortunately it didn't gain any traction. https://gitlab.com/baiyibai/pico-w-usb-host-mqtt-numpad. I detail some of the developments on USB Host mode. There doesn't seem to be native MicroPython support for USB Host mode yet. I did find a project which seems to to load the pico-pio-sdk as a library and use a GamePad for input: https://github.com/danjperron/pico4legsBot

    Also, about a year, I wrote down some of the requirements for an e-paper RPI Pico-based e-ink writer in a comment. I wanted to dub mine, 'the microWrite', 'μWrite', 'uWrite', or 'you write' https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32092930.

    I suppose the question is whether it is feasible to adapt PiWrite to run in MicroPython. The next question is whether one could ditch the webserver-based approach and interface an e-paper screen directly to the RP2040. Waveshare offers MicroPython libraries for their e-paper displays. This might offer better latency.

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rberenguel/PiWrite is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.

The primary programming language of PiWrite is Python.


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